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Sur La Table (SLT) — VP Product & Technology Take-Home: Working Context Brief

This document is provided to candidates alongside the case study. It defines the operating environment, constraints, and how to interpret the data.

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1) What you should assume is true

• You are joining as VP of Product Management & Tech at Sur La Table.
• You own product + software platforms end-to-end: e-commerce (Next.js/headless), BFF/API gateway, services, OMS, POS software, data warehouse/ETL, loyalty, personalization, ERP integrations.

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"schemaname","tablename","indexname","tablespace","indexdef"
"public","ahoy_events","ahoy_events_pkey",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ahoy_events_pkey ON public.ahoy_events USING btree (id)"
"public","api_request_logs","api_request_logs_pkey",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX api_request_logs_pkey ON public.api_request_logs USING btree (id)"
"public","awsdms_ddl_audit","awsdms_ddl_audit_pkey",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX awsdms_ddl_audit_pkey ON public.awsdms_ddl_audit USING btree (c_key)"
"public","batch_import_logs","batch_import_logs_pkey",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX batch_import_logs_pkey ON public.batch_import_logs USING btree (id)"
"public","batch_imports","batch_imports_pkey",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX batch_imports_pkey ON public.batch_imports USING btree (id)"
"public","bisac_hierarchies","bisac_anc_desc_idx",NULL,"CREATE UNIQUE INDEX bisac_anc_desc_idx ON public.bisac_hierarchies USING btree (ancestor_id, descendant_id, generations)"
"public","bisac_hierarchies","bisac_ancestor_idx",NULL,"CREATE INDEX bisac_ancestor_i

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'Analog': 'AAAAAgAAAHcAAAANAw==',
'Audio': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAAXAw==',
'Blue': 'AAAAAgAAAJcAAAAkAw==',
'ChannelDown': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAARAw==',
'ChannelUp': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAAQAw==',
'Confirm': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAABlAw==',
'Display': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAA6Aw==',
'Down': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAB1Aw==',
'EPG': 'AAAAAgAAAKQAAABbAw==',
'Exit': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAABjAw==',

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Breaking Bad JS

Write a JS module for the browser that turns a string of text into a Breaking Bad styled DOM element. The below image is an example of properly done string of text.

http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/51fc2ed1-0d68-4f15-99e8-b09ef37f8a4a/d2207e9f-0087-44d1-baf4-2a1d4b0ba88a.jpg

This is a JSON document that contains information about the periodic table

Level 1: Segmenting and Detection

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{
  "Parameters": {
    "TARGET_LAMBDA_ARN": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "EXEC_SCHEDULE": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "RULE_NAME": {
      "Type": "String"

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var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
var response = require('cfn-response');
exports.handler = function(event, context) {
  console.log('REQUEST RECEIVED: %j', event);
  if (event.RequestType == 'Delete') {
    response.send(event, context, response.SUCCESS);
    return;

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var http = require('http');
exports.handler = function (event, context) {
    http.get('http://ifconfig.co', function (res) {
        var buff = [];
        console.log('Got response: %s', res.statusCode);
        res.on('data', function (chunk) {
            buff.push(chunk);
        });
        res.on('end', function () {
            console.log('Found: %s', buff.join(''));

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{
  "Description": "Host VPC for Lambda Static IPs",
  "Parameters": {
    "VPCClassBOctet": {
      "Type": "Number",
      "Description": "The Class B block to use for the VPC (0-255).",
      "MaxValue": 255,
      "MinValue": 0,
      "Default": 0
    },

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